Oil States trades at a low forward multiple with modest earnings improvement, but shrinking revenue, no competitive moat and heavy offshore concentration keep quality below the floor.
Thesis pillars
- Attractive Forward Valuation↓Deteriorating
- Offshore Segment Concentration↓Deteriorating
- Declining Revenue Weak Quality→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 24, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Mar 4, 2026
Oil States International, Inc. (OIS) Stock Analysis
Inst Constrain edge
Energy · Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.19: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.75; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineered capital equipment and consumable products for energy, industrial, and military sectors worldwide. The company operates through three segments, Completion and Production Services, Downhole Technologies,... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.19: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.75; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and earnings proximity 0d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-10-29Recent Developments — Oil States International, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Oil States International, Inc. Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call — fiscal.ai Oct 20, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Susquehanna Maintains Neutral on Oil States International, Raises Price Target to $9 — benzinga Oct 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS Stifel Maintains Buy on Oil States International, Lowers Price Target to $14 — benzinga Jul 31, 2026 positive
- NEWS Oil States International Q2 Adj. EPS $0.14 Beats $0.12 Estimate, Sales $156.659M Miss $159.644M Estimate — benzinga Jul 30, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Raymond James Maintains Outperform on Oil States International, Lowers Price Target to $12 — benzinga Jul 10, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-10-29T11:14:34Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHProductOffshore Manufactured Products segment64%10-K Item 1: 'our Offshore Manufactured Products segment generated 64% and 57%, respectively, of our consolidated revenue'
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Rating Breakdown
2 floor-breakers
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $9.19: Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.4/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 2.75; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: No clear chart pattern; technical signals are mixed. Prior stop was $8.55. Score 5.4/10, moderate confidence.
Analyst target: $9.56 (+4.1% upside). Prior stop was $8.55. Stop-loss: $8.55.
Concentration risk — Product: Offshore Manufactured Products segment (64.0%); Quality below floor (3.0 < 4.0).
Oil States International, Inc. trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 12.9). TrendMatrix value score: 8.0/10. Verdict: Sell.
8 analysts cover OIS with a consensus score of 4.0/5. Average price target: $11.
What does Oil States International, Inc. do?Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineered capital equipment and consumable products...
Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides engineered capital equipment and consumable products for energy, industrial, and military sectors worldwide. The company operates through three segments, Completion and Production Services, Downhole Technologies, and Offshore Manufactured Products. The Completion and Production Services segment offers a range of equipment and services that are used to establish and maintain the flow of oil and natural gas from a well throughout its life cycle. The Downhole Technologies segment provides oil and gas perforation systems, and downhole tools in support of completion, intervention, wireline, and well abandonment operations. This segment also designs, manufactures, and markets its consumable engineered products to oilfield service, and exploration and production companies. The Offshore Manufactured Products segment designs, manufactures, and markets capital equipment utilized on floating production systems, subsea pipeline infrastructure, and offshore drilling rigs and vessels. Its products include flexible bearings, advanced connector systems, high-pressure riser systems, managed pressure drilling systems, deepwater mooring systems, cranes, subsea pipeline products, and blow-out preventer stack integration products. This segment also provides short-cycle products; and other products for use in industrial, military, alternative energy, and other applications. In addition, it offers specialty welding, fabrication, cladding and machining, offshore installation, and inspection and repair services. The company serves various national oil and natural gas, major and independent oil and natural gas, offshore drilling and other oilfield service, and defense and industrial companies. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.